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Marlin Sportster, Cabrio, Berlinetta and Roadster builds Enthused or Confused about your vintage Marlin build? Ask away here or show off your build.

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Old 27th July 2015, 20:57
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Default Dash lower edge radius

Has any one any pictures of how they achieved the lower rash radius? Struggling to work out how to do it on my dash!
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My dash was a 2mm ali sheet. I just used a simple push fit u shapped rubber section from Wollies asI recall. Covered it in leather cloth and it looks fine.

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Old 28th July 2015, 18:18
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Thanks for the reply, I ended up getting one of our carpenters at work to put a 20mm radius on either side of a wooden batten which I will then fix to the lower straight edge of the dash to curve it round nicely, then foam and leather over the top
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I used a section of 1/2 inch water pipe lagging and covered it in leathercloth.
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Here's how I did it



https://www.flickr.com/photos/580680...7631927211957/

I just used a suitably radiused piece of wood trim that was then covered in foam and vinyl. I was caught out on the area behind the wheel though so ended up gluing a sliced piece of silicone hose over that and then stretching the foam and vinyl back over the top.
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